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<br />sent to the Sedretary of the Army and to designated officials of the
<br />States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New
<br />Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming for their views and recom-
<br />mendations in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of the Flood
<br />Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat, 887), and to the Governor of Colorado
<br />for the report and recommendations of the head of the agency exerCis-
<br />ing administration over the wildlife resources of the State of Colorado
<br />in accordance with the requirements of the act of August 14, 1946
<br />(60 Stat. 1080), Copies of the proposed report were sent also to the
<br />Federal Power Commission, the Departments of Agriculture and
<br />Commerce, ,the Corps of Engineers, and the Public Health Service for
<br />their comments. Oopies of the written views of the States and of the
<br />Federal agencies which'have been received in response to these trans-
<br />mittals are attached with a copy of your proposed report.
<br />The reviewing officials of Oolorado, which is the State directly
<br />affected, concur in the findings of the project report that the products
<br />and services which this proposed development would provide or make
<br />possible are greatly needed and that the project is engineeringly
<br />feltsible, economically justified, and financially feasible. They ap-
<br />prov1 the proposed development conditioned upon compliance with
<br />the operating prinCiples set forth in the report and full recognition
<br />of and complianpe with certain portions, quoted in Oolorado's letter
<br />of comments, of the report of the Colorado Water Oonservation
<br />Board's policy and review committee as it was approved by the board
<br />on February 22,1951. We approve of the proposed operating prinCi-
<br />ples and have every intention of complying with them if and when the
<br />project is authorized, constructed, and in operation, Oolorado objects
<br />to the name heretofore given the project and recommends that It be
<br />known and referred to as the Fryingpan-Arkansas project, As this
<br />development is designed as a self-contained unit and its construction
<br />would not imply a commitment to develop future water supplies in
<br />the Gunnison River Basin for diversion to the Arkansas River Basin,
<br />as the diversion is from the Fryingpan River to, the Arkansas River,
<br />and in view of the desires of the State of Oolorado, I recommend that
<br />this proposed development, identified in your proposed report as the
<br />initial developm!lnt, Roaring Fork diversion, Gunnison-Arkansas
<br />project, be hereafter known as the Fryingpan-Arkansas project,
<br />The State of :Kansas, which is a party to the Arkansas River com-
<br />pact and has a strong interest in any proposed development 'and use
<br />of the water of tJ;tat stream, has no objection to the development as
<br />set forth in the project report,
<br />The States of Arizona, Oalifornia, Utah, and Wyoming have no
<br />objection to the authorization and construction of this project.
<br />The Public Health Service suggests revision of statements relative
<br />to water pollution in the Arkansas River Valley. As these revisions
<br />are based on data compiled in recent joint studies by the Public
<br />Health Service and the State of Oolorado, I have no objection to this
<br />suggestion and recommend that, by this reference, the report be con-
<br />sidered modified as suggested by the Public Health Service in its
<br />attached letter of ;comments,
<br />Other comments have been made which are set forth in the attached
<br />die-est. The 90-d$.y period specified by law for receipt of comments on
<br />thiS report expired on August 16, 1951. Submittal of the report to
<br />you was deferred until now in anticipation that additional comments
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